Leg pain

Leg pain: Causes, Symptoms and Diagnosis

The most common back pain list is at the top of the degenerative spinal cord. In general, degeneration is wear. And the latter can be foreshadowed by age, a large amount of spinal cord, as well as an irregular posture.

You must contact a doctor when a permanent or periodically repeating spinal pain starts to cope. Untreated degenerative spinal cord disease progresses and presents serious health problems. Timely chosen correct treatment will have a significant effect on the effectiveness and duration of treatment.

One of the more common complaints of patients is a back pain that spreads to the leg or both legs. What diseases can cause this symptom?

Spinal nerve

The entire backbone, as we know, consists of vertebrae, interconnected joints and intervertebral discs. Irregular posture, excessive spinal loads inspire cartilage tissue and intervertebral discs. Over time, they crack and start to spin outwards or into the spinal canal, suppressing back pain. The back pain that spreads to the buttocks, thighs, legs, or even the legs is usually due to pressure nerves.

In the case of a compressed nerve, the patient is given pain reliever. Nevertheless, the latter can quell symptoms, but do not free up the pressure nerves, and in the long run the nerve starts to lose its function. The consequence is that new symptoms develop: numbness of the toes, muscle weakness of the calf.

Pressed spinal nerve can cause even more problems. For example, if he cramps the urinary bladder, this will lead to the development of urinary incontinence. If the nerve is pressured to suppress the genital organs, the patient will develop a sexual disability. Exit is a surgical treatment.

Chronic back pain

Chronic back pain can spread to the legs. It is such a pain that lasts more than three months, it is quite strong, beak or burning. Chronic back pain is felt in one part of the back and often spreads to the legs. Also, legs can be difficult to feel, limbs can melt, feel discomfort in normal daily activities.

Chronic back pain can be caused by trauma, arthritis, degenerative changes in the spine tissue, altered posture, tension, depression and other factors: neurotic, emotional, and others.

If chronic back pain is diagnosed, it is monitored and treatment is applied. It is advisable to purchase a special lumbar support.

Spinal rectal hernia

This is another disease that causes back pain, often spreading to the legs. In the case of this disease, back pain may be weak, moderate and even very severe. If you have difficulty feeling strong, they are felt both in motion and in a state of rest. True, their movement further strengthens, exacerbation can be caused, for example, by scandal, coughing, etc.

In the hernia of the intervertebral disc, the pain usually locates at the waist, spreads to both legs or to one.

In the case of an intervertebral hernia, pain and discomfort are more common on one side: one on the back, buttocks, one leg. Pain is often described as burning, very severe.

Spinal stenosis

In the case of stenosis of the spinal canal, pain in the back, legs caused by standing, walking. In the lumbar area, discomfort decreases or when the seed falls. The pain may be uneven: from weak to even very strong. Back pain, tingling in the course of this disease spreads from the lumbar to the legs.

Spondylosis

The disease that affects the vertebral articular joint is called spondylitis. In the case of spinal vertebrae, small (approximately throat-shaped) bone growths, which hold back the nerve roots, appear. In this disease, back pain spreads to the bowl, one or both legs.

For young people, the disease can be caused by extremely high physical activity, often suffering from back injuries, and in the elderly, this disease often develops due to false posture.

Acupuncture, massages, special therapeutic exercises, as well as medications help to relieve spondylitis-induced pain. The medicine should be prescribed by your doctor, depending on the patient’s age, comorbidities, the stage of the spondylosis, and symptoms.